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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7066853 | Method for manufacturing an inflatable ball and a ball made with the method A method for manufacturing an inflatable ball has the following acts of: obtaining an inflatable bladder with a winding layer; coating thermoplastic glue on the winding layer; obtaining multiple thickened panels; coating thermoplastic glue on the thickened panels; a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7022280 | Process of making a flat yarn from polyoxymethylene film A flat yarn of a high strength and a high modulus of elasticity, being excellent in solvent resistance, thermal stability and resistance to bending fatigue is provided. The flat yarn comprises polyoxymethylene copolymer containing 0.5 to 10 moles of specified oxyalk... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6679790 | Oriented thermoplastic elastomer thread wound golf ball A new, novel and useful Oriented Thermoplastic Elastomer Thread Wound Golf Ball providing improved combinations of good spin for ball control on iron or wedge shots while providing for higher hardness and long travel with driver shots. The Oriented Thermo... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6398894 | Method for manufacturing a rubber basketball A method for manufacturing a rubber basketball is disclosed, which has the following steps: (a) supplying a sheet of rubber material in a suitable shape and size; (b) folding, compressing and cutting the rubber material to make the rubber material into a ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6155450 | Composite shell shaped as a body of revolution The invention relates as a whole to composite structures and may be used, in particular, in the manufacture of bodies or compartments of flying vehicles used in rocketry and aeronautics. A composite shell shaped as a body of revolution comprises a load-bearing... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5876829 | Composite article and process for manufacturing it Composite article comprising an injected hollow body or a solid body based on at least one plastic A, reinforced by at least one bundle of continuous reinforcing fibers, the bundle being wound externally at its surface, substantially perpendicular to its ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5814386 | Composite shell formed as a body of rotation, and method and mandrel for making same The inventions relate to the field of machine manufacturing and more specifically, to shell-type construction of base members used in aviation engineering and rocketry, which operate under conditions of combined stressed state, to the methods of and mandr... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5772545 | Sportsball and manufacturing method thereof A sportsball includes a ball cover and a bladder. The ball cover has a valve hole provided thereon and consists of a plurality of panels connected edge to edge by machine sewing to form a roundness shape. Each of the panels has a predetermined shape and i... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5728011 | Thread wound golf ball and process for producing the same Disclosed is a thread wound golf ball comprising a center, a thread rubber layer formed by winding a thread rubber around the center and a cover formed on the thread rubber layer, wherein the thread rubber is obtained by cutting, into a suitable width, a ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5597432 | Method for making balls for sports A method for making a ball for sports comprises providing a round rubber tube, forming a reinforcing layer of a yarn wound about the tube, forming a rubber cover layer formed on the reinforcing layer, and vulcanizing the rubber cover layer to provide a ca... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5368906 | Device for the thermic protection of the internal wall of a hollow structure subjected to an ablative flow and its production method The thermic protection device is obtained by winding refractory wires with plush loops and radial and reinforcement armament picots, also with refractory fibers, preferably twisted. The plush loops and the picots have a predetermined orientation and/or pi... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5314555 | Production of rubber thread - wound golf balls Disclosed herein is a process for producing quality thread-wound golf balls efficiently by fixing the starting end and/or terminating end of rubber thread rapidly in a simple manner. When a core is wound with rubber thread to form a layer of wound rubber ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5304267 | Method of making a gapless tubular printing blanket A tubular printing blanket for a blanket cylinder in an offset printing press includes a cylindrical sleeve, a compressible layer over the sleeve, and an inextensible layer over the compressible layer. The cylindrical sleeve is movable telescopically over... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5296061 | Process for producing a tubular nonwoven fabric and tubular nonwoven fabric produced by the same Disclosed are a process for producing a tubular nonwoven fabric and tubular nonwoven fabrics produced by the same. In the process, a web is formed on a first rotating cylinder by catching fibers carried to the surface of the first rotating cylinder by a f... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5288354 | Method of bonding self-lubricating fibers to an external surface of a substratum A method of integrally bonding self-lubricating material to an external surface of a substratum to form a self-lubricating surface thereon comprising the steps of: A. forming the substratum to provide an external surface thereon of desired configuration; ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5133509 | Preparation of wound golf ball cores An automatic machine and method for preparing a wound core of a golf ball. The machine has a plurality of winding stations services by one mechanical arm. The winding station has a cooling tower for holding frozen centers, a winding machine and tension de... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5020803 | Golf ball and method of making same A golf ball with a low spin rate is made by covering the center with a layer of uncured rubber, curing the rubber layer to make a rubber shell about the core, and then winding elastic threads about the cured rubber shell to form a golf ball core. A golf b... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5007594 | Preparation of wound golf ball cores An automatic machine and method for preparing a wound core of a golf ball. The machine has a plurality of winding stations services by one mechanical arm. The winding station has a cooling tower for holding frozen centers, a winding machine and tension de... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4846910 | Preparation of wound golf ball cores The preparation of a wound golf ball core is accomplished with an automatic machine. The machine has a plurality of winding stations serviced by one mechanical arm. The winding station has a cooling tower for holding frozen centers, a winding machine and ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4666094 | Ball winding apparatus A ball winding apparatus is described for winding string on a core to form the inner baseball including a ball spinning mechanism against which the core is held by a free spinning holding device where the spinning device imparts a wobble pushing the ball ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4505334 | Ball sealer A ball sealer for use in flow equalization during fluid injection into oil wells is described which has a layer of thermosetting filament wrapped around its core. After curing, the wrapping layer provides the major part of the ball's strength.... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4343843 | Fiber reinforced epoxy resin article A fiber reinforced epoxy resin article in which a Lewis base is employed as the catalyst for the addition reaction of a phenolic or alcoholic hydroxyl group and the oxirane group of the epoxy resin. The resin system has improved flexibility and pot life a... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4340627 | Wound and sintered vitreous silica article and method of making A method is described for the production of porous bodies from vitreous silica without the use of tools. Vitreous silica wool and/or threads are wound in layers on a form. After the coil has attained a certain minimum thickness, the threads of each succee... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4333648 | Inflatable game ball In order to improve a touch, this invention provides a ball of the inflatable type comprising a rubber tube used as a ball substrate which is introduced with gas under pressure therewithin, a reinforcing winding layer formed by simultaneously winding the ... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4330349 | Method for preparing conductive fiber brushes A method for making conductive brushes which comprises providing a rotatable cylindrical mandrel having a plurality of longitudinal recesses on its surface, and winding electrically conductive fibers from a supply around the mandrel by rotating the mandre... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4203476 | Wire reinforced hose A wire-reinforced hose is provided wherein such hose is defined of a helically wound strip which has at least one integral preformed convolution therein and a wire disposed in the convolution with the helical winding being such that the convolution with t... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4197348 | Wrapped elongated structure in which positioning of a one sided adhesive tape is such as to permit wrapping to move relative to a core The disclosure relates to a construction for a wrapped elongated structure, a method of manufacturing an apparatus to manufacture the wrapped elongated structure. The wrapped elongated structure has an elongated core. An adhesive tape having one adhesive ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4191375 | Game ball and method of making same A game ball having an inner bladder and a layer of yarn wound thereabout. The yarn layer is formed by a first strand of synthetic material and a second strand of natural material. As these strands are being simultaneously wound on the inner bladder, an ad... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4189985 | Fabric-lined epoxy resin cylinder with lubricant retaining grooves A woven seamless sleeve including axial yarns forms the inner face of an epoxy resin cylinder for an air operated linear actuator. Under certain conditions, a minute, internal, spiral groove develops in applying the resin. In the operation of the actuator... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4187134 | Process for making a game ball A molded game ball, particularly for volley-ball, hand ball and soccer is made by winding a layer of fibrous material on an inflated rubber bladder, applying a sheet of a rubber mixture with a vulcanizing agent on this layer, imprinting in a cold mold a n... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4157791 | Yarn winder A thread winder having a hollow sphere divided into two halves with a spool inside concentric with the sphere. The sphere is carried on a yoke so that it can be swung about one of its axis and one-half of the sphere is rotated about the axis perpendicular... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4005233 | Filament wound structure and method The present invention relates to a filament wound spherical structure comprising a plurality of filament band sets disposed about the surface of a mandrel with each band of each set formed of a continuous filament circumferentially wound about the mandrel... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3997954 | Low friction bearing prepared by winding onto a mandrel In a method of preparing a low friction bearing having an inner bearing member, a housing and a low friction surface element therebetween, wherein the housing having an inner surface is constructed to surround the bearing member and said housing is compri... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3993525 | Method of manufacturing a ball-and-socket joint particularly for ducts A method of manufacturing a ball-and-socket joint particularly for use with pipe lines, which comprises a first coupling portion provided with a coupling rim and having a conical inner wall and a second coupling portion at least partly surrounding the fir... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3936576 | Rubber laminates The adhesive properties of compositions which contain an organic isocyanate, with or without a film-former, are improved by the inclusion of nitrosyl halide adducts of unsaturated compounds which act as adhesive promoters. The compositions are useful for ... | 02/03/1976 |
